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Biking to Work Isn't Gaining Any Ground in the US | Bloomberg Opinion

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-- article Duh. Bicycle Traffic as a system, diagram, German National Bicycle Plan, 2002-2012 It doesn't need to take 60 years. Very little such assistance is provided. Therefore, people don't bike. I do have a piece on this, " Revisiting assistance programs to get people biking: 18 programs." But it does need to be purposive.

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Revisiting yet again the Capital Crescent Trail underground tunnel debacle: Bethesda/Purple Line light rail

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Bicycle Traffic as a system, diagram, German National Bicycle Plan, 2002-2012 It comes up again because according to the Washington Post (" New Capital Crescent Trail tunnel could be delayed as costs grow "), now the cost of a tunnel is over $80 million. million, is too expensive.

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More remonstration about the molasses of change: Transit planning, Baltimore County, Maryland and Towson

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Baltimore Regional Transit Expansion Map, 2002. Caption: see below There is an article a few months ago in the Baltimore Sun , " Maryland transportation officials ask for public comment on potential transit routes from Towson to Baltimore ," that planners are suggesting that Towson be served directly by light rail.

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From LAX to ONT: The Transfer of Ontario International Airport and its Economic Implications

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Article by Abizer Mamnoon and Anahitha Gopikumar Ontario Airport (ONT), located east of downtown Ontario in San Bernardino County, is the geographically closest airport to the Claremont Colleges. Domestic flights make up the majority of all flights across all years between 2002 and 2022.

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

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It had been happening for decades (" Having a Longer View on Downtown Living ," Eugenie Birch, University of Pennsylvania, 2002; Get Urban!: From the article: In a first for the province — and believed to be unique in Canada — a “vertical school” will be built into the third floor of the project on Lake Shore Blvd.

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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

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In turn that would help to spur development of the Pepco power plant site, which stopped producing electricity in 2012, and Benning Road further east, and Minnesota Avenue. October 24, 2002. Other areas too.) Giants fans leave the MUNI headed for the park. Mike Kepka/San Francisco Chronicle Streetcar expansion too.

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Transit as a formula for local economic success and improvements in regional quality of life

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There is an article at Building Salt Lake, " Why isn’t Utah Transit Authority supporting the Rio Grande Plan? ," opining about why the Utah Transit Authority isn't all in on the concept of reviving Rio Grande Station as the "central station" for Downtown railroad and transit service.